The Kendrick Lamar ‘ghostwriters’ story will blow your mind – here’s the rapper’s lyrics from Eminem: Love Game

This is still one of the coolest stories in the modern music industry.

There’s always a lot of debate in the music industry about who stands above the rest as the best artist of the lot.

For a number of years, Kendrick Lamar has been ranked as one of, if not the best rapper in the industry but the Compton-born artist has always had his doubters.

The most high profile of which was non-other than Eminem, one of the most revered talents in the business and someone who wanted to put Kendrick Lamar to the test.

What followed has become an almost urban legend in the industry and even to this day remains one of the most fascinating tales in rap music.

Eminem puts Kendrick Lamar to the test

Back in 2013, alongside the immensely talented producer Rick Rubin, Eminem was preparing his first album for three years and the long-awaited sequel to The Marshall Mathers LP.

To bring an extra something to the album, Eminem, who has been no stranger to collaborating with other artists over the years, wanted to include some of the best and brightest talents in the business for The Marshall Mathers LP 2.

Kendrick Lamar had clearly been high on Eminem’s list but not necessarily for the right reasons. As a result, Eminem wanted his fellow rapper to prove his worth before they worked together on the album.

In 2017, fellow musician Ed Sheeran told the Zach Sang radio show that according to producer Rick Rubin who had also worked with, Eminem devised a special test for Kendrick Lamar.

Rumours had been swirling around Kendrick Lamar and his alleged use of ghostwriters to help him create his music. Eminem wanted to see if that really was the case.

When Kendrick Lamar arrived at the studio, Eminem separated his music industry colleague from his entourage and left him alone in a room to come up with a verse that could be used in the song Love Game.

When Eminem returned to see that Kendrick Lamar had created what Ed Sheeran calls “a sick verse,” any thoughts of Lamar using a ghostwriter instantly went out of the window and the song Love Game was born.

Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics in Love Game

Despite Love Game being an Eminem song, Kendrick Lamar’s verse takes up around one-third of the lyrics in the song which can be read below.